Sherap drak, shes rab grags: 1 definition
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Sherap drak means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Sherap Drak (shes rab grags) [=Geshé Sherap Drak] refers to one of the “Eight Pure Ones are known” (dag pa rnam brgyad) otherwise known as the disciples of Tsongkhapa (who accompanied him to Ölkha Chölung for intensive practice).—Tsongkhapa (or Jé Rinpoché) was an influential Tibetan Buddhist monk and Tantric Yogi who received the received the cycles of Kālacakra, Heruka, and the Yoga Tantras.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
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Partial matches: Rab, shes, Drak.
Full-text: Geshe sherap drak, Eight pure ones.
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Search found 4 books and stories containing Sherap drak, Shes rab grags; (plurals include: Sherap draks, Shes rab gragses). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 1c - The Zur Geneology (ii): Zur chung shes rab grags pa < [Book 3 - Early translations of Secret Mantra]
Chapter 29 - Sonam Gyatso (viii): Paranirvāṇa < [Book 10 - The Kālacakra]
Chapter 5 - The chapter on Snar thang (Gtum ston) < [Book 5 - The Sovereign Lord (Atiśa)]
Guhyagarbha Tantra (with Commentary) (by Gyurme Dorje)
10a. The Zur family (Introduction) < [Introduction]
Text 9.27 (Commentary) < [Chapter 9 (Text And Commentary)]
Text 9.29 (Commentary) < [Chapter 9 (Text And Commentary)]
Kailash: Journal of Himalayan Studies
The Nyingma Icons: Line drawings of 94 dieties and divinities of Tibet < [Volume 3, Number 4 (1975)]
The Issues of the Sixth Dalai Lama and the Transformation of Qing Information... < [Volume 16, Issue 1 (2025)]
History and Myth < [Volume 10, Issue 3 (2019)]
Tattva, vrata, caryā < [Volume 15, Issue 3 (2024)]